China’s decision to stop importing foreign waste last year disrupted the way countries all over the world deal with their rubbish. Now the Chinese government is turning its attention to its own mountains of waste, starting in the city of Shanghai. (SBS News)

A representative from China's Hong Kong affairs office has condemned the Hong Kong protests, and said the Chinese government in Beijing would support the Hong Kong authorities in holding those responsible to account, according to state television. (Al Jazeera)

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed 37 heads of state and representatives of more than 100 countries to the second international conference on the "Belt and Road" project. He defended the scheme against accusations that it is a so-called "debt trap." (Al Jazeera)

Global carmakers are increasingly turning to China’s car market. The country’s electric car industry is booming and at the opening of 2019 Auto Shanghai motor show, the spotlight is on new high-value vehicles. (Al Jazeera)

China has the world's largest number of internet users, around 829 million. Regulations and censorship have not stopped Chinese citizens from embracing the internet, but the rules governing what is and is not permitted is constantly changing. (Al Jazeera)

In the lead-up to China’s annual ‘Two Session’ meetings single women keen to have children are pushing to changes to China’s family planning law, which discriminates against unmarried parents. They say the change will help boost China’s slowing birth rate. (Al Jazeera)

China’s tech industry is feeling the effects of the trade war with the US as thousands of workers lose their jobs. The once-booming start-up industry has diminished in size over recent weeks as investment funds shrink and market conditions tighten. (SBS News)

Beijing has denied that any official ban has been placed on imports of Australian coal. In China analysts say the curbs could be linked to the country’s slowing economy and not diplomatic tensions between the two countries. (SBS News)

China's economic slowdown is increasing the pressure on the country's job market and young people in particular are feeling the crunch. A record number of new graduates will be looking for work this year. (Al Jazeera English)

China has hit back at comments by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the death penalty was imposed on a Canadian for drug smuggling. The sentencing of Robert Schellenberg by a Chinese court has further soured relations between the countries. (Al Jazeera English)

Almost four decades after defecting to the west, Li Cunxin has returned to China. Now the artistic director of the Queensland Ballet, he has brought his troupe of dancers on a 16-day tour of four major Chinese cities. (SBS World News)

Australian foreign minister Marise Payne met with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in the first visit by an Australian foreign minister to the country in almost 3 years. Ms Payne is in China hoping to sweeten soured Australia-China ties. (SBS World News)

Australia’s relations with its largest trading partner China, have cooled this past year, but there are signs they are warming up. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham is in Shanghai, leading a delegation of 150 Australian businesses hoping to increase their share of China’s growing middle-class consumer market. (SBS World News)

Once notorious for its strict one-child policy, China is now considering proposals to push women to have more babies. Beijing is worried having one of the lowest birthrates in the world will undermine its efforts to stimulate the economy. (France24)

The #MeToo movement in China has been gathering pace in recent weeks, with academics and media personalities among those called out for inappropriate behaviour. China's legal system is poorly set up for dealing with assault allegations, but sexual assault survivors and activists are working to change this. Katrina Yu reports (France24).

President Trump's trade war with China escalated Thursday as the U.S. imposed a 25-percent tariff on nearly 300 more Chinese goods, including the high-tech products China is seeking to grow as part of its "Made in China 2025" initiative. Special correspondent Katrina Yu reports (PBS Newshour).